exercise (n.)
habitual activity, usual occupation, employment
AYL I.i.67[Orlando to Oliver] such exercises as may become a gentleman
Ham II.ii.297[Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] I have ... forgone all custom of exercises [or: sense 3]
Per I.iv.38[Cleon to Dionyza, of the people's mouths] They are now starved for want of exercise
WT I.ii.166[Polixenes to Leontes, of Florizel] If at home, sir, / He's all my exercise, my mirth, my matter
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